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  • Transit drivers face danger on the job

    Transit Drivers Face Danger

    OTTAWA – Politics - This past week I tabled a bill in parliament that I hope will offer some more protection for transit operators while they are on the job and serving the public.  Bill C-531: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (public transit operators), if debated and passed, would require the court, at sentencing, to [...]

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  • Marie Avgeropoulos

    Marie Avgeropoulos Will Play Skater Girl

    THUNDER BAY – Entertainment - Marie Avgeropoulos from Thunder Bay has will star in Twilight Saga. The star was born and raised  in Thunder Bay. Maria has signed on to entice Taylor Lautner into the dangerous world of parkour in the 2014 action thriller from Twilight Saga producers. Avgeropoulos, who also stars on The CW‘s midseason series [...]

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  • Graphene Pump

    Zenyatta Vein Graphite Deposit Update

    THUNDER BAY – Mining - Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ZEN)(OTCQX:ZENYF) have announced that the company has retained RPA Inc. (‘RPA’) to complete a National Instrument (‘NI’) 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate on its 100% owned Albany graphite deposit in northern Ontario, Canada. Zenyatta is developing a very rare hydrothermal or ‘vein-type’ graphite deposit it discovered in 2011 [...]

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  • Somber walk to honour the Air Crew - Photo by Chris Kat

    ORNGE to Honour Fallen Air Crew

    TORONTO – A memorial service will be held in Toronto today to honour the fallen ORGNE Air crew who were killed with their helicopter went down during a flight to Attawapiskat.   To honour our four fallen colleagues, Ornge will hold a memorial service for Captain Don Filliter, First Officer Jacques Dupuy, Flight Paramedic Dustin Dagenais [...]

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  • US Real Estate Prices Climb

    US Real Estate Prices Climb

    THUNDER BAY – US real estate prices are climbing. The news can impact soft market prices for softwood lumber in Canada and Northwestern Ontario. Higher prices are an economic indicator of demand exceeding supply. If the housing starts in the United States climb, the market for softwood lumber in Canada will increase. Real estate brokerage [...]

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